Friday, October 1, 2010

Potatoes, Pumpkins, iPads and Quilts!

First I have to show you the surprise we found on the front arbor today! H. Bernard, the Clematis, made a late comeback! He was done blooming a couple of months ago and for some reason had to make just one more showing!

And here are three of the "Boys of Autumn"! Aren't they handsome? Each weighs about 15-20 pounds! There are four more larger pumpkins still in the patch that are just beginning to turn color - I sure hope they make it before Halloween or the first frost!We harvested the Potato Tower today! I'd say this is a pretty good showing for a small tower! Lots of buttery Yukon Golds just waiting for some Fall comfort food dishes! Before I leave you with some more fantastic quilts from the Portland show, I wanted to mention something about iPads. A while back I had a comment from a new reader who said she loved my photos, but could not read my text - it was "all brown". I had no idea what she meant and she was one of those commenters with no contact info. While we were in Portland, Mr. Squash purchased an iPad. He got on my blog and said to me did I know that my text was unreadable - it was all brown! Well, it immediately clicked that the iPad doesn't seem to want to display all of the colors in my background, rendering the text unreadable. Has anyone else noticed this while surfing blogs on their iPads? I emailed the gals at Cutest Blog on the Block who designed my blog and asked if they knew anything about this. They prompltly replied this was the first they had heard of it, but would look into the matter. I would appreciate anyone who has had this issue leaving me a comment!

Here are some more gorgeous quilts from the Portland show! I am off to appointments in the Big City today, so will respond to your comments later today!

When I check your blog on my good old laptop it takes a bit for your brown font to get bright enough for me to read it...as if it is still loading? My husband has an IPAD and if I think about it later I can check that route too.

I also receive your blog with a brown almost unreadable background and I have a lap top. I have to move my laptop so the light hits it perfectly in order to read it and sometimes that doesn't even help. I do enjoy the pics. even if I can't read the text.

Your pumpkins are really lovely. I think the orange this year in them everywhere I look is a good rich color. Yukon golds are my favorites among the potatoes. Thank you for sharing the quilt photos. They are all outstanding!La Conner had their show this weekend and the theme was applique. Viewed some breathtaking quilts. Have a great fallish week.

Nice pumpkins! I Love pumpkins! You know, the brown issue may be due to the layers that you have. I'm not an Ipad user but when I click (from Reader) to your blog, it was all brown until the final layer downloaded (took a few seconds). I didn't know you could have someone to design a blog for you! I will admit, it does look nice. Thanks for sharing the show! Cheers

Yes, Candace, I've experienced "not being able to read your blog" before. I leave it and come back at another time...like on this particular post of yours. I couldn't read it when you originally posted it so I am back today.